The film "Fury" captures beautifully the power and complexity of the 'brothers in arms' phenomenon, which is further explained in the trailer on the DVD, and here.
The Bowe Bergdahl story is part of it. The reason why the men in the unit that he walked away from were - and still are, in many cases - so ambivalent about it. Even if their brother abandoned them to the point of costing several of them their lives, how could they turn against him? There is no room in the code for such a thing.
Many suicides among military and former military members are part of it, too. 'Real life' is flat, dusty, boring, meaningless, after that intensity. What's the point in it? Jobs, spouses, children are nothing by comparison.
The Bowe Bergdahl story is part of it. The reason why the men in the unit that he walked away from were - and still are, in many cases - so ambivalent about it. Even if their brother abandoned them to the point of costing several of them their lives, how could they turn against him? There is no room in the code for such a thing.
Many suicides among military and former military members are part of it, too. 'Real life' is flat, dusty, boring, meaningless, after that intensity. What's the point in it? Jobs, spouses, children are nothing by comparison.
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